Matt Severyn

About Matt Severyn

A dedicated professional and experienced leader, I\'m a lover of performant, tested, and maintainable code primarily skilled in Javascript, React, Node, and overall process improvement.With soft skills acquired in over a decade of diverse experience, I\'ve become a unique and effective communicator with a continued penchant for growth and a hunger for complex problems to solve. I\'m drawn to cultures that encourage rigorous code standards and I have a true passion for both mentoring teammates and exploring technology.

Experience

1. Senior Application Developer

   TAIT

   Nov 2023 — Present

   Self onboarded proprietary ERP system (Epicor) to deliver custom queries and craft functions in a proprietary IDE with little documentation streamlining data requests for a custom full stack web application-Introduced Zod to reduce code duplication with Typescript\'s compile time type safety while ensuring two-way runtime validation between multiple application layers and an atypical persistent data source-Utilized Tanstack Query to streamline complexities around async data fetching and caching server state along with Zustand for a modular, readable, and testable client state to craft a comprehensive state management solution-Self onboarded MS SQL Server Management Studio to create and protect persistent, normalized, relational data stores for architected applications -Parsed and updated a large, unmaintained internal React application with scant documentation and several deprecated dependencies to reduce tech debt, decrease package size, increase performance, and deliver complex, new functionality all ahead of schedule -Embraced AI tools such as GitHub Copilot to streamline code generation without sacrificing style, readability, and efficiency in complex codebases measurably reducing development and code review time for the team-Defined requirements for and architected two full stack applications based on business needs within first two months on the team-Spearheaded internal integration refactors following business system migrations impacting multiple unfamiliar teams and disciplines associated with an acquisition

Education

• University of Houston

  MFA

  2011 — 2013

• Greensboro College

  BA

  2006 — 2010